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Match: When Atalanta general manager claims Neymar’s jersey

General manager of Atalanta, Luca Percassi appeared with the jersey worn by Neymar after the meeting during an interview with Sky Italia.

True protagonist of the quarter-final of the Champions League between PSG and Atalanta (2-1) Wednesday night with 16 successful dribbles in particular, Neymar is logically at the heart of the news around this post-match. In a video posted to Twitter, Dea midfielder Marten De Roon quipped about his « love story » with the Brazilian, particularly inspired when slipping the ball between the legs of some of his opponents.

“I asked for that of a player we had tried to buy”

At the end of the meeting after a totally crazy scenario, it was Luca Percassi, the general manager of Atalanta, who presented himself with the jersey worn by Neymar during a live interview with the Sky Italia TV channel: “It’s my little addiction. I’m a collector of shirts and before the match, I asked for a shirt from a player we had tried to buy (laughs) ”. Before confiding that “Losing like that leaves a lot of regrets but at the same time you have to be happy because against an extraordinary team, with champions among the best talents in the football scene, we played a great match”.

For his part, Neymar had given a gift to Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, hero of the evening after his victorious goal, by offering him the trophy for best player of the match. Before explaining that “No one is going to take my mind off that I’m going to go to the final”. The message got through and PSG now have an appointment this Tuesday, August 18 at 9 p.m. against RB Leipzig in the semi-final of the Champions League.

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